It has all the ingredients of a Richard Curtis summer hit: two remarkably good-looking leads in Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz (she of the magazine covers, he of the bullet-speed aces), a “meet-cute” over the tennis nets,

James claimed that Raducanu appeared to “stall for time” by repeating the interviewer’s question about Alcaraz, but “the way the coy smile spread across her face as she rattled off their history together” and how she touched her hair, was similar to a “fan-girl” reaction.

Tennis star Emma Raducanu reacts to Carlos Alcaraz dating rumors after agreeing to be his U.S. Open doubles partner.